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Worm Power provides organic Vermicompost products. Worm Power helps growers improve crop yield and plant performance through increased root development.

Ralston Family Farms specializes in artisan rice products produced using regenerative farming principles.

Mighty Cricket offers clean protein powders and oatmeals made with sustainable protein and organic ingredients.

Walter P. Rawl and Sons is an agricultural firm that specialises in fresh vegetables, organic products and food production services.

Balfour Farm is a dairy farm that produces organic and fresh cheeses, yogurts, and creamery products.

Ledgeway Farm provides Goat milk and specializes in all-natural goat milk products.

Fields Fields Blueberries is a family-owned organic wild blueberry farm.

Broadturn Farm is dedicated to enhancing the accessibility and productivity of agricultural land while promoting a harmonious relationship between people and the natural environment. The farm cultivates a diverse array of products, including flowers, organic vegetables, hay, honey, and herbs. It also offers florist services for weddings and special events, catering to clients seeking bespoke floral arrangements. Additionally, Broadturn Farm supplies its farm products to restaurants and small retail stores through its wholesale division. Beyond its agricultural pursuits, the farm provides event space for weddings and other gatherings, contributing to the community by fostering connections between people and the landscape.

Grandy Organics offers grain free granola, trail mix, roasted nuts, granola, and grandy pantry on online and wholesale basis.

Lazy Acres Farm is a family farm that focuses on organically growing fruits and vegetables.

Assawaga Farm is an organic farm in Putnam, Connecticut.

ElkFlat Farm in Caldwell, Idaho, raises grass-fed beef without the use of hormones or antibiotics.

Wolf Gap Gardens is a small-scale, certified organic farm owned and operated by a mother-daughter combination, Melinda and Ma.

UPSIDE Foods, formerly known as Memphis Meats, is a cultivated meat company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. The company specializes in producing real meat, poultry, and seafood directly from animal cells, eliminating the need to raise and slaughter animals. This innovative approach significantly reduces the resource consumption associated with traditional meat production, requiring less water, land, and energy. UPSIDE Foods aims to offer consumers clean, humane, and sustainable meat products, such as beef meatballs, chicken, and duck, all grown in controlled environments. The company is led by Dr. Uma Valeti, who is committed to transforming the food industry with healthier and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional meat.

Mighty Cricket offers clean protein powders and oatmeals made with sustainable protein and organic ingredients.

Farmer Focus, founded in 2014 by sixth-generation farmer Corwin Heatwole, is the only company that offers 100% USDA organic and Humane Certified® chicken. The company is dedicated to promoting and protecting generational family farms by returning decision-making and ownership of chicken production to farmers. This approach enhances the financial viability of their operations and improves farmer profits. Farmer Focus products are available in 2,500 stores across the East Coast and Midwest, including major retailers such as Publix and Kroger. The company emphasizes the production of fresh, healthy chicken that is organic, GMO verified, and free from antibiotics, aligning with its commitment to sustainability and animal welfare.

Re-Nuble is an agricultural technology company that transforms unrecoverable vegetative food byproducts into organic liquid fertilizers for hydroponic growers. Its products stimulate microbial activity in plants' root zones and are available through stores and online in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Organic Trade Association is a membership-based business association that promotes and protects organic trade. OTA's member organic businesses collaborate through networking, advocacy, and other initiatives to promote and protect organic farming practices, as well as to inform consumers, the media, and policymakers of the benefits of organic products for both the environment and the body. This organization represents growers, shippers, processors, certifiers, farmers' associations, distributors, importers, exporters, consultants, retailers, and others.

Accelerating Appalachia is a nature-based accelerator that focuses on seed-stage businesses that support multiple growers. The company focuses on food, craft beverage, forest products, fiber/textiles, botanicals/wellness, outdoor industry, soil, and water health innovations industry. The company collaborates with groups in the Appalachian region to support Appalachian farmers and companies who depend on the natural environment.

Maple Hill Creamery, LLC, founded in 2009 and based in Stuyvesant, New York, is a farm-family owned dairy manufacturer specializing in 100% grass-fed whole milk dairy products. The company is recognized as a leader in the grass-fed dairy category and was the first to achieve the Pennsylvania Certified Organic 100% Grassfed Certification. Maple Hill Creamery produces a range of organic products, including Greek and drinkable yogurts, which are distributed through national and regional channels. The company is committed to promoting healthy lifestyles for both consumers and cows, emphasizing the benefits of grass-fed dairy farming for animal welfare, land fertility, and farmer prosperity.

ALBA is a non-profit agricultural organization that provides economic opportunity for limited-resource and aspiring organic farmers.

Foster Farm Botanicals produces a diversity of certified organic medicinal herbs on our family farm in East Calais, Vermont. we grow, harvest, and process certified organic botanicals.

Avena Botanicals makes herbal products using fresh, organic & biodynamic herbs.They believe that these vital plants and a sacred connection to place promote wellness of the body, mind, and spirit and encourage humans to be mindful and loving stewards of the Earth. Their herbs are hand-harvested in the spirit of joy and immediately processed in their on-site production facility in Rockport, Maine. All of their herbal products are hand-crafted and will always be made in this artisanal way. After over three decades in business, they remain committed to offering the highest quality, traditionally-crafted herbal products possible.

Farmland L.P. is a private equity firm focused on transforming conventional farmland into certified organic and sustainably managed agricultural land. Founded in 2009 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Monmouth, Oregon, the firm emphasizes enhancing soil fertility and productivity through science-based practices, including livestock and crop rotations. Currently, Farmland L.P. manages 6,750 acres of farmland in the San Francisco Bay Area and Oregon's Willamette Valley, with over 10% of its acreage certified organic and the remainder in transition. The firm’s approach aims to create a new model for farmland ownership and management, benefiting farmers, investors, the environment, and consumers alike. By demonstrating that sustainable agriculture can be more profitable than traditional commodity farming, Farmland L.P. offers investors a secure stake in the growing organic food markets.

Founded in 2014, Ecovia Renewables develops bio-based ingredients through a proprietary fermentation process using renewable biomass. Its product portfolio includes EcoSynth platform for biochemicals and biofuels, Ecovia biopolymers for multi-functional applications, and cellulosic biofuels derived from lignocellulosic biomass. These products serve the agriculture and personal care sectors.

Barred Woods is among four friends who share a passion for Vermont, making maple syrup, and preserving our forests.

Myers Produce is to increase farmers’ and producers’ access to markets within our region, in an effort to keep land in agriculture.

Vermont Bean Crafters is to craft delicious, nourishing, organic food. On the belief that what we eat and how it is prepared has a direct and powerful effect on our communities and the environment.